Power and Categorization

  • Smith P
  • Smallman R
  • Rucker D
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Abstract

Across three experiments, participants formed a larger number of categories when in a state of high, compared to low, psychological power. Moreover, in contrast to prior categorization research, which suggests forming more categories is tantamount to reduced breadth of categorization, high-power participants also formed a larger number of superordinate (i.e., more abstract) categories than low-power participants. The present findings enhance the understanding of power in relation to categorization and simultaneously highlight the distinction between number and abstraction as fundamental aspects of categorization.

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Smith, P. K., Smallman, R., & Rucker, D. D. (2016). Power and Categorization. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 7(3), 281–289. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550615619760

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